Esther Mandeno

Posted 31 March 2011 - 01:51 PM

Esther Mandeno

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You want the grey part (the hillshade) to show up white where it's private property, correct?

I've never been able to do that either in ArcMap, I think, because it's a layering issue. In the past, I've just added another layer: define as just private, put it on top of everything, and then played with the transparency until the parts that are supposed to come out white look closer to white. You lose some of the detail of the hillshade, but then if you need to show the private land, then that'll make it show up closer to white.

If you figure out a better way to do it in ArcMap, let me know!

------Esther MandenoLife is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. - Albert Einstein

Gretchen Peterson

Posted 01 April 2011 - 11:21 AM

Gretchen Peterson

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I think this is pretty good! For the white layering you would probably have to decrease the transparency on just that one part of the layer (by making it its own layer). But as the other poster said, you lose the hillshade then. It would be nice to clip out that part of the hillshade and actually color the hillshade white but I've never tried that before!

There's some sort of issue with the town names and town points. I'd prefer to see them both the same color if possible. I can't speak to which towns you chose to display since I don't know the area. A few more layers as suggested earlier (major roads, for one) would be nice.